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Alameda County takes another step to reduce Bay pollution with a pharmaceutical take-back program. Plus we’ve got the full round-up on the Restore Hetch Hetchy campaign AND the recently release Bay Delta Water Plan. Check it all out here:

San Francisco Chronicle 3/1/2012Water initiative seeks Hetch Hetchy alternative
The group that wants to tear down O’Shaughnessy Dam and restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley to its natural state filed papers in San Francisco Wednesday outlining a ballot initiative that would require the city to develop a plan to reconfigure its water supply system.Read more >>

Contra Costa Times 3/1/2012House approves bill to ship more Delta water south
A plan that critics called a reckless power play to take more Delta water for powerful San Joaquin Valley farm districts passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, and while its prospects of immediately becoming law are dim, some observers feared pieces of it could still re-emerge later in the year.Read more >>

San Francisco Chronicle 3/1/2012Calif. delta tunnel plan would increase pumping
The amount of water pumped out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta would significantly increase and some species would be harmed if massive tunnels are built to move water around the fragile ecosystem, according to thousands of pages of documents released by state officials Wednesday.Read more >>